issue, n.
(issues)
freq. cnt. 29
(issues)
freq. cnt. 29
an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23
issue
sample sentences
"the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone""politicians never discuss the real issues"
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hyponym
one of a series published periodically
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
issue number
sample sentences
"she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"
lexical pointers
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hypernym
member holonym
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some situation or event that is thought about
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 32 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
issue matter subject topic
sample sentences
"he kept drifting off the topic""he had been thinking about the subject for several years"
"it is a matter for the police"
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the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
issuance issue issuing
sample sentences
"a new issue of stamps""the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"
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the act of issuing printed materials
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
issue publication
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hypernym
an opening that permits escape or release
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
exit issue outlet way out
sample sentences
"he blocked the way out""the canyon had only one issue"
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the becoming visible
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
egress emergence issue
sample sentences
"not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
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the immediate descendants of a person
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
issue offspring progeny
sample sentences
"she was the mother of many offspring""he died without issue"
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hyponym
baby
bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson
child, kid
firstborn, eldest
grandchild
successor, heir
hypernym
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 205 freq. cnt.: 101 freq. cnt.: 83 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
consequence effect event issue outcome result upshot
sample sentences
"the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise""his decision had depressing consequences for business"
"he acted very wise after the event"
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offspring, materialization, materialisation
aftereffect
wake, aftermath, backwash
bandwagon effect
brisance
butterfly effect
by-product, byproduct
change
coattails effect
Coriolis effect
dent
domino effect
harvest
impact, wallop
influence
knock-on effect
outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset
product
placebo effect
position effect
repercussion, reverberation
response
side effect, fallout
spillover
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
<noun.possession> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
issue payoff proceeds return take takings yield
sample sentences
"the average return was about 5%"
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supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
<noun.possession>
government issue issue military issue
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domain of synset (topic)
hypernym